Emergency Warning issued for Berringama, Bungil, Burrowye, Colac Colac, Cudgewa, Cudgewa North, Guys Forest, Koetong, Mount Alfred, Mount Alfred Gap, Pine Mountain, Shelley, Thologolong, Tintaldra, Walwa at 7:38pm emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...

Meanwhile my local paper isn't pulling punches when it comes to world events vis-a-vis the oil industry.

Good evening, Melbourne ❤️ There’s a cool breeze outside in my part of town. NOW is the time to open your windows and doors to purge any hot air that’s built up inside. Clear the warmer air ahead of tomorrow’s heat. Stay cool and safe. 😊🌱

No Adelaide Writers Week for me. I can’t in any good conscience now appear at a festival seeking to mute a very necessary public conversation … Randa Abdel-Fattah is an important voice. Here’s something I published from her on, guess what, Palestinian marginalisation. meanjin.com.au/latest/the-g...

I've interviewed for work and my book, ppl who waited, or stayed to defend on catastrophic fire days. Every single person regrets not leaving. Every one. #vicfires

This is why outside my bedroom window it looks like three Miss Havershams are lurking with intent.

Peg old sheets over your more delicate plants during extremely hot weather. Fitted sheets are especially handy. Embarrassing for the plants, of course, but at least they’ll survive!

So this is how they’ve chosen to mark the one year anniversary of the Los Angeles fires.

Delighted to find you on Bluesky @annaleen.bsky.social! It’s more than a decade since I read it for a @wheelercentre.bsky.social event I was hosting, but I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve recommended Scatter, Adapt, Remember to! www.amazon.com/Scatter-Adap...

It’s extremely hot across Victoria. Parts of the state have a catastrophic fire danger rating. Keep checking VicEmergency and the Country Fire Authority websites as things can change quickly.

“You get weakness, tiredness, cramps and dizziness,” Loo says. “If you feel that, you need to get yourself out of the sun and start drinking [water].” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Poisonous plant fatal to humans and animals City of Stirling Perth, Western Australia, warned to look out for a poisonous invasive plant pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) detected in Carine and Mirrabooka Report sightings onlinemypestguide.dpird.wa.gov.au www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth/cen...

I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1

Women/girls in STEM TV show gets ruined by a bloke www.smh.com.au/technology/w...

The double-edged sword of AI data centers: more processing power, but few jobs, and a large land and environmental footprint www.salon.com/2026/01/01/t...

2025 was the year of Labubu and “overconsumption as entertainment” 🤢😖 www.salon.com/2025/12/28/f...

The age of consequences www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No words 😥❤️ Vale Emma Johnston

Problems (but also a potential energy source) are growing with increasing ocean waves extremes www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We have been warning about the threat of climate change to housing for years. This is the cost of inaction 😥 www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Mycelium, the hidden network behind mushrooms, can be grown into durable, low-carbon materials.

Staying off social media is a good idea at times like this. But for those who have to be here (for work etc), here’s some love from Coco, Bella and Lulu ❤️🐾

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Have a bushfire plan folks www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

SEC’s giant battery now powering Victoria SEC has marked a significant milestone today with its giant 600-megawatt battery project in Plumpton now online, storing energy and feeding it back into the grid in time for the start of summer. www.secvictoria.com.au/news/secs-gi...

The energy transition needs investment in TRANSMISSION! www.smh.com.au/business/the...

Discussing the interconnection between gender & climate & what this looks like in Calgary. Hear from community leaders and connect with one another to envision what a climate-just future for women, girls & gender-diverse communities looks like! RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/womens_centr... #yyc

Do you think Gina and Pauline were invited to the Halloween party to scare the other guests?

A very big part of the problem here is pretty simply that if renewable energy really does actually reduce both wholesale and retail electricity prices, it can "feel" like nothing if it just makes a price rise less severe All people notice is rising bills, even if the rise would've been worse w/o RE

Updating my LEGO White House

This is utterly appalling and dangerous. There were more deaths from the heatwave leading up to Black Saturday than from the fires themselves. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

There's a very nice new report from @climateanalytics.org on precisely this: "Hard to abate" has become its own form of subtle climate delay --->> @billhare.bsky.social @cindybax.bsky.social ca1-clm.edcdn.com/assets/Clima...

This US government shutdown is different: what it means for science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Australia Institute presents Barrie, Bowers and Friends! Barrie Cassidy and Mike Bowers (@mikepbowers.bsky.social) will be joined by @amyremeikis.bsky.social, with more friends to be announced soon! Join us 6pm Monday 17 November at Sydney Town Hall. 🎟️ events.humanitix.com/barrie-bower...

Solar + energy efficiency features lift the value of your home. www.smh.com.au/property/new...

“The data backs us up. We are not softer. Life is tougher,” - important story ‘Youth mental health crisis: What if social media isn’t to blame?’ www.smh.com.au/national/wha...

Turn complex work into stories. Media training to help you translate complex ideas on camera. “Highly recommend,” 📷 Dr Monique Bax, Stem Cell Scientist. 📅 Adelaide 16 Oct; Melbourne 25 Nov; Sydney 11 Dec. www.scienceinpublic.com.au/training

Simple stories travel further. We've been making videos for researchers with Jerome Pelletier (Stepping Stone Films), showcasing science for 10+ years. Want your breakthrough to show as well as tell?

‘The anti-vax movement isn’t simply a grassroots network of concerned parents. It’s an industry. … It operates on a simple premise: if you’re not vaccinating your kids, you need to protect them somehow, and here’s a bunch of things you can buy to do that.’ Excellent writing in @macleans.bsky.social

Hearing about a successful girls/women in engineering program in the Philippines that had been affected by USAID cuts 😢

We will walk carefully and joyfully on your country 😊 - CAETS 2025 MC Mikaela Jade FTSE